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Amy Alonzo, covers Mason Valley and rural Nevada: "Journalists are critical to government accountability and affecting change in their communities. I’ve worked as a journalist for 20 years because I see the impacts my work has on the communities I cover." Andy Barron

Anjeanette Damon, government watchdog reporter: "I am a journalist so I can ask the questions no one else is willing to ask, I can to hold the powerful to account and I can give a voice to those who wouldn’t otherwise have a seat at the table." Andy Barron

Brian Duggan, executive editor: "I'm a journalist in Northern Nevada because I believe our democracy can only be healthy if it's provided credible and thoughtful information about its leaders and institutions." Andy Barron

Burning Man, art and cannabis reporter Jenny Kane: "My grandpa bought me a subscription to National Geographic when I was a kid and it was my window into the beauty, the sadness, the clockwork of the world. Reading that magazine broke open my curiosity about people, places and their stories. Since then, I have strived to instill that same sense of curiosity, questioning and wonder in others." Andy Barron

Ed Komenda, covers Las Vegas: "I’m a journalist because it’s a job that allows me to enter unfamiliar worlds to mine for stories that illuminate the beauty, tragedy and triumph that make the bones of a community." Andy Barron